British Beauty Council
Catherine Handcock has extensive experience in various roles within the business and beauty industry. Catherine is currently a Business Mentor for the Santander Breakthrough Women Business Leaders' mentoring programme, where they have been working since 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Director of the British Beauty Council starting in 2018. Before that, Catherine founded and managed their own company, Alfol Ltd, since 2000. Catherine also has experience working for Style Publishing as the editor of Your Salon from 1996 to 2000, and for Reed Business Information as the editor of Hairdressers Journal from 1994 to 1996.
Catherine Handcock earned their Master's degree in Modern Languages from the University of Cambridge from 1983 to 1987. Prior to that, their education history is not specified.
British Beauty Council
The British Beauty Council was founded to represent the voices, opinions and needs of the British beauty industry at government level. We represents all sectors of the beauty industry: hairdressing, cosmetics, cosmetic surgery, therapy and spa in all areas from formulation, to manufacture, packaging, design, retail and media. We are an inclusive organisation that works within an ethical framework to represent the interests of its members regardless of age, ability, gender, race, religion or culture. We work to engage politicians and business leaders about the value of the sector to the national economy and its key role in the UK’s creative and cultural character. Our mandate is to push the key business and political agenda of the industry at Westminster with an expert-backed group representing all sectors from manufacture to media, supply to logistics, and retail to professional services. The British Beauty Council promotes the interests of people and companies engaged in all sectors of the beauty business. It advises on policy to deal with issues impacting on the industry, and engages in political lobbying to ensure new legislation benefits its members. British Beauty Council also undertakes research to track market trends and forecast the business opportunities and challenges facing the industry in coming years. We work to ensure that the beauty industry is recognised and valued at all levels of government, through the wider economy and by consumers.